The International Student Center of the University of Tsukuba has been developing and applying Japanese reading materials for beginners since September 1996. These materials have the following aims; 1) to develop the reading skills necessary to extract relevant information from authentic materials, 2) to develop basic reading skills. In this paper, the authors will review the revision process based on feedback from students in the 1996 fall-term and examine the major findings and problems from student questionnaires conducted in August 1997.
